Friday, 5 August 2011

As you know I haven't been around much since my giveaway. Firstly we went on holiday camping with some good friends that was great fun, then once I returned I was feeling under the weather and wasn't on blogger or facebook very much.

Well getting to the point without giving you a long boring life story we found out that I was finally pregnant after 6 long years.

Due to this I regret to say that no new items will be added to my Etsy store.within the foreseeable future. I will still be undertaking custom work for the time being.

Please see my for sale and sold pages on this blog for current items available and previous items sold and made by custom order.

Friday, 13 May 2011

A very warm welcome goes out to all my new blog followers you have overwhelmed me the past two weeks with how many new followers Ive gained. I look forward to catching up with all your blogs over the next couple of weeks.

I'm just putting the finishing touches to the Giveaway which all I will say is part of a new range of furniture coming soon to Monster Miniatures. All though it might be a while before it hits the store as I have holidays and Vegetable gardening to get on with. I cant believe how behind in getting my Veg in I am this year.

Thursday, 28 April 2011

Well I can't let this weekend pass without mentioning the big event. Its everywhere at the moment and no more so in my local area as I live in what the Sunday Telegraph described as last weekend as "Middleton Country".

I'm very lucky where I live as I live on a proper Country Estate, No I'm not rich before you ask a long way from it in fact.

Bucklebury where Kate is from is just up the hill and I went to school with many friends from the village and surrounding areas. Unfortunately I have no connections to the family so know of no one personally with an invitation but the villages are certainly a buzz with celebrations.

Obviously being a country Estate there is a "Big House" and I have heard rumors that there is an invitation there. The Village is having a big street party tomorrow, and I am really looking forward to watching the Wedding on TV.

Sunday, 3 April 2011

There are two fantastic giveaways happening at the moment that I thought I would share with you all.

Firstly Margaret Cassidy of Mags-nificent Miniature is having a 300 follower giveaway where you can win one of her lovely pumpkins with a rat on. If you wish to take part then please click Here

The second giveaway is the chance to win a fantastic Tiffany style lamp and a tray with some small surprises from Petit Brocante. This is to celebrate her 500+ followers if you wish to enter this giveaway then please click This

Tuesday, 29 March 2011

Ohhhh I'm so frustrated with myself right now, Ive been working on a dressing table for months now for monster miniatures and myself, trying to get it right and it's just not happening. I'm really struggling to get my head round it and get it to come out how I want right now.

I know its been ages since I last added anything new to my shop, but just to let you all know there are bits in product development stage but they just aren't developing as fast as I hoped.

I have a whole brain full of ideas for my witch's cottage at the moment and I'm hoping some of it will rub off on to here.

Right I suppose I better get back to it and quit wondering around here shuffling my feet.

Monday, 28 March 2011

With all the changes that have been going on over at Etsy I have decided not to keep all my eggs in one basket and have now opened an Artfire studio.

There's no need to sign up or register to purchase items within Artfire and there are lots of great miniaturists now exhibiting there, so please do take a wonder over with a cup of tea and your favorite comfy shopping slippers. I wont tell if you don't ;)

This is something that I saw on Blogger a couple of weeks before the show and I must admit I ummed and ahhed over it for the weeks leading up to it, even in the car driving to Birmingham I was still contemplating it and whilst queuing outside to get in I came to the decision that I would do the stalls in alphabetical order of the stall number and if this was still on D5 when I got there then it was obviously meant to be mine.

I have no plans to have a baby in my modern dolls house and have no other houses suitable for her but she reminded me so much of my daughter when she was a baby I think even had I given Julie a photo and had her commissioned I wouldn't have got a closer match, even hubby agreed when I showed her to him.

When taking pictures of her to share on here and with friends I found myself taking as many as I would have done with a real baby lol. so here are lots of picture of my new baby which doesn't have a home yet, so she might be visiting Honey Cottage with her mum for tea and cake.

Helen very kindly found some more pictures that she took of Margret Cassidy's stall, there where some lovely pieces on there and looking through these picture I think I might have to ask her if I can purchase some more bits from her soon.

Sunday, 20 March 2011

Margret Cassidy had a beautiful stall for Mag-nificent Miniatures, with lots of wonderful witch things on and also some lovely foods and bits. She kindly let Helen take some pictures of her stall but unfortunately they didn't all come out so I am only able to show you this peek at it. You can see more of her work on her blog here

Photo by Helen Davidson

Helen got some wonderful pieces from there and I also got this little book as it was one of my last purchases I thought I was short on funds, I've since found out I still had some (that will teach me to keep a better eye on whats in my purse).

I also got this little spell book from Dateman Books, I could have spent a fortune on that stall lol

Now this was a stall you had to fight to get close too. All day it was jam packed with people and I managed to get to it just before lunch where I bumped into another friend and we discussed what we were going to try and make with our finds.

I loved all the little bits on Tee - Pee Crafts and think it has to be top of the list for most people as once you start looking your ideas just start flowing.

I got this real marble table top for the witch to have in the center of her room, I couldn't decide between the table legs they had they where either too low but perfect shape or the right hight but more suitable for a Georgen or Victorian property.

I got these two frames, a dragon and these two finding that I have plans for and a little ring for a base of a crystal ball.

I love my little haul but now I have it all home I wish I had picked up a couple more bit lol

I bought some slate from the £1 reduced stand on Richard Stacey's stall, at this point I hadn't seen the boxes in person so wasn't sure how much I would need, but having got it all home and had a little play I've got more than enough thankfully. So the witches cottage will have a real slate floor once I have worked out how to cut it without breaking too much.

At lunch I met up with some lovely friends that I have been talking to for years and Helen from Vinweeda Magic showed me some scales she bought for an apothecary she was planning to do in the future and as soon as I saw it I said to her "Ooooo you could weigh out witches potions on that", so just had to go get myself one too and some weights. These were from Heidi Ott.

Devon Dolls House Delights had lots of beautiful things on offer they had two amazing dragon beds and a carriage being pulled by a dragon. I saw this beautiful curled up dragon that I thought was so sweet. I thought it could be the witches baby dragon that had a bad spell put on him that turned him into stone by a rival witch.

Dark Squirrel has announced her prizes for her giveaway and there will be 3 Yes 3 winners if you aren't already following her blog or are and haven't entered then head over there right away as they a truly wonderful prizes

As you all know I have the Elf kitchen and I thought as I post pictures of my haul from miniatura I would keep them in the shops I bought them from so they all get the recognition of the lovely bits.

I didn't buy much from Elf yesterday but it was lovely finally getting meet Elizabeth after many emails and telephone conversations with her it was nice to be able to put a face to the voice and messages.

I did buy a lovely little sink and tap from her for a convert I'm going to do to a dressing table a friend sent me.